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Newsonline reports that Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a French former actress and fashion model who later became an animal rights activist. She embarked on an acting career during the 1950s, and before long became one of the best-known s3x symbols of that era. Blessed with radiant beauty, poise and grace, she was the epitome of femininity and gained a reputation for her free-flowing sensuality that made her famous not just in France but across the globe. She was introduced to dance as a young girl and developed a passion for it. Encouraged by her artistically inclined mother, she attended ballet classes by Russian choreographer Boris Knyazev and excelled at it. She also began modeling as a teenager and appeared on the cover of France’s ‘Elle’ magazine at the age of 15. A chance encounter with the young film director, Roger Vadim ensured that she got the opportunity to enter the showbiz as well. She made her acting debut in a comedy film and soon endeared herself to the audiences. Eventually she gained a reputation as a sex symbol because of her sensuous beauty and became one of the best known actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Following her retirement from the show business, she became an active animal rights activist and established the Foundation for the Protection of Distressed Animals.

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Quick Facts Brigitte Bardot: Brigitte Bardot Biography

French Celebrities Born In September

Also Known As: Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot

Age: 87 Years, 87-Year-Old Females

Family:

Spouse/Ex-: Bernard D’Ormale (M. 1992), Gunter Sachs (M. 1966–1969), Jacques Charrier (M. 1959–1962), Roger Vadim (M. 1952–1957)

Father: Louis Bardot

Mother: Anne-Marie Bardot

Siblings: Mijanou Bardot

Children: Nicolas-Jacques Charrier

Born Country: France

Height: 5’5″ (165 cm), 5’5″ Females

Notable Alumni: Conservatoire De Paris

City: Paris

Animal Rights Activism
After retiring from show business Brigitte Bardot ventured into animal rights activism. She became a vegetarian in the 1980s, and established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals in 1986. She auctioned off several of her personal belongings, including her jewelry, to raise funds for her foundation.

She strongly opposes the consumption of horse meat and condemned seal hunting in Canada during a visit to that country with Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
She has a deep love for dogs and has donated more than $140,000 for a mass sterilization and adoption program for Bucharest’s stray dogs. She also writes letters to well known authorities condemning practices that inflict unnecessary cruelty on animals.

Childhood & Early Life

Brigitte Bardot was born on September 28, 1934, to Louis Bardot and Anne-Marie. Her father was an engineer engaged in the family business. Her family was an upper middle-class Roman Catholic one.

As a child, she attended Cours Hattemer, a private school, and also received classes at home. Her mother enrolled her in dance classes when she was young and Brigitte realized that she was naturally talented at dancing.

She was accepted to the Conservatoire de Paris in 1947. She attended ballet classes by Russian choreographer Boris Knyazev for three years.

Beautiful and graceful, she began modeling as a teenager and appeared on the cover of ‘Elle’ in 1950. She came to the notice of the film director Roger Vadim who arranged for her to audition for a role in ‘Les lauriers sont coupés’.
Brigitte got the role but the film was never made. However, this incident made her seriously consider acting as a career.

Major Works

One of her most famous movies was ‘A Very Private Affair’, a semi-biographical film of her life. She portrayed a starry eyed teenager in the film who falls in loves with a married man and moves to Paris to become a model and dancer. Even though the film flopped at the box office, it earned her critical acclaim for her acting.

Brigitte Bardot played Maria II in the comedy-adventure ‘Viva Maria!’ which revolves around the story of two women; both named “Maria”, who became revolutionaries in the early 20th century. It was a commercial success and she was nominated for Best Foreign Actress at the 20th British Academy Film Awards.

Awards & Achievements
She won the David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign actress for her role in ‘A Very Private Affair’ (1962).

She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985, but she did not accept it.

Personal Life & Legacy

Brigitte Bardot has been married four times. Her first marriage was to film director Roger Vadim in 1952, when she was just 18. They divorced after five years but maintained professional relations even after that.

She married actor Jacques Charrier in 1959, and had a son with him. She was not a devoted mother and her son was raised by Charrier’s family after Bardot divorced him in 1962.

She tied the knot for the third time with German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs in 1966. The couple divorced three years later.

Several years later, she married her fourth and current husband, Bernard d’Ormale, former adviser of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the far right party Front National.

She was also involved in several affairs in between, and during her marriages.